Glasson railway station

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Glasson
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The railway bridge at the old Glasson Station site
General information
Location Glasson, Allerdale
England
Coordinates 54°56′05″N3°09′58″W / 54.934832°N 3.16613°W / 54.934832; -3.16613
Grid reference NY253606
Platforms1 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Port Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 June 1854Opened
1 January 1917Closed
1 February 1919opened
1 June 1932Closed

Glasson railway station was a railway station in Glasson, Cumbria, England. It was the last station before the terminus on the Port Carlisle Railway branch, serving the small village of that name. [2] Nothing now remains of the station. [3]

Contents

History

A port was built in 1819 at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the eleven-and-a-half-mile-long Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle. [4] The canal was closed in 1853 [4] , and the canal basin at Carlisle and parts of the canal were filled in by the Port Carlisle Railway Company which constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854. [5] However, the Port Carlisle Railway Company discontinued them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh. [5] A brief resurgence of business at Port Carlisle had taken place upon the opening of the railway, taken away however by the new port at Silloth and the transfer of the steamer service to Liverpool. [6]

'Dandy', one of the old horse-drawn carriages used on the Port Carlisle - Glasson - Drumburgh line. Port Carlisle Dandy.jpg
'Dandy', one of the old horse-drawn carriages used on the Port Carlisle - Glasson - Drumburgh line.

To reduce costs, a horse-drawn service was provided in 1856 between Drumburgh, Glasson, and Port Carlisle for a number of years. The horse-drawn train did not always stop, and the passengers were sometimes obliged to carefully jump off; which was not as difficult as it sounds for 3rd Class passengers as they sat outside on benches. [7] The last horse-drawn train ran on Saturday, 4 April 1914 [8] and the first steam-powered train ran on 6 April 1914. [9] In an attempt to stave off closure, one of the first steam railmotors was built and this service to Port Carlisle railway station via Glasson from Drumburgh lasted until the branch was closed in 1932. [3] Freight services had been withdrawn in 1899.

The construction of the Solway railway viaduct of the Solway Junction Railway caused Port Carlisle harbour to silt up and lose trade; this contributed to the abandonment of the Port Carlisle to Carlisle railway via Glasson. The Port Carlisle Railway Company had agreed to supply a locomotive if the C&SBRDC provided rolling stock. The North British Railway leased the line in 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. [5]

Infrastructure

The station sat close to the village, reached by an entrance off one side of the overbridge; it had a single short platform and a small shelter. No sidings were present. At Canal Junction, the Port Carlisle line made an end on junction with the earlier goods branch from London Road and it was this section on to Drumburgh (pronounced drum-bruff) that was taken over by the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company. Immediately west of Drumburgh station, the line branched off from the line to Silloth, passing under a minor road to Port Carlisle. The branch ran close to the south bank of the Solway Firth and the course of Hadrian's Wall at Glasson and elsewhere, heading over low ground to the terminus of the line at Port Carlisle.

The old overbridge, built in 1819–23, in Glasson (NY254606) is a listed structure. [3] It was originally built as a bridge over a canal. It has a cast-iron parapet. The Plinth with rounded corners was originally the supporting structure for the canal drawbridge but increased in height to convert it into a railway bridge. An old canal lock keeper's cottage also survives. [10]

Micro-history

Port Carlisle was one and a quarter miles away by train and Drumburgh was also one and a quarter miles away. The journey time was around four minutes, although Glasson was a request stop. [11]

Four horse-drawn 'Dandy cars' were built by the North British Railway. The Dandy car was originally preserved at Carlisle, before being moved to the National Railway Museum in York. The Port Carlisle line became a day tourist attraction to Carlisle Victorians. [12]

The 'Flower of Yarrow' Sentinel Railcar used on the line was driven by James Grey with T. Jackson as the fireman worked on the Port Carlisle Railway in 1932 before its final closure. [3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Drumburgh
Line and station closed		 Port Carlisle Railway Company  Port Carlisle
Line and station closed

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ Anderson 2004, p. 686.
  2. ↑ Solway Plain - Past and Present Archived 18 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 1 August 2012
  3. 1 2 3 4 Port Carlisle Railway Retrieved : 1 August 2012
  4. 1 2 Ramshaw 1997, p. 1.
  5. 1 2 3 Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 1 August 2012
  6. ↑ Ramshaw 1997, p. 137.
  7. ↑ White 1984.
  8. ↑ White 1984, p. 21.
  9. ↑ White 1984, p. 22.
  10. ↑ British Listed Buildings Retrieved : 18 August 2012
  11. ↑ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 23 August 2012
  12. ↑ Visit Cumbria Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 1 August 2012
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